Eating out in Ponta do Sol is unfussy and almost always good. Cape Verdean cooking leans on what the islands have: fresh fish, tuna, octopus, yam, sweet potato, plenty of beans. The national dish is cachupa, a slow-cooked stew of corn, beans, and whatever meat or fish is around.
Cantinho de Amizade is the favourite for fish and seafood — small, family-run, with a daily menu chalked up depending on what came off the boats. Café Ponta do Sol does dependable cachupa and grilled tuna. For something more polished, Blue Bell, run by a French-Cape Verdean couple just back from the airport runway, serves grilled fish and a small wine list in a courtyard with a view over the ocean. None of these are expensive.